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Nervous nineties is the period of batsman's innings when his or her score is between 90 and 99. During this phase many players bat extremely cautiously in order to avoid being out before they obtain a century.

Thursday, January 12, 1978

4th Test: Australia v India at Sydney, 7-12 Jan 1978

Test # 814 (812/29)
Australia v India, 1977/78, 4th Test
Sydney Cricket Ground
7,8,9,11,12 January 1978 (5-day match)

Result: India won by an innings and 2 runs
5-Test series level 2-2

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TF Brooks

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 131, India 86/0 (Gavaskar 45*, Chauhan 35*)
  • Day 2: India 190/3 (Viswanath 48*, Vengsarkar 23*)
  • Day 3: India 396/8d, Australia 40/1 (Cosier 23*, Hughes 7*)
  • Day 4: Australia 243/8 (Toohey 77*, Thomson 4*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    J Dyson lbw b Chandrasekhar 26 136 114 1 0
    GJ Cosier b Amarnath 17 46 31 2 0
    PM Toohey run out 4 9 9 1 0
    CS Serjeant c Ghavri b Bedi 4 41 35 1 0
    *RB Simpson c Kirmani b Chandrasekhar 38 113 99 2 0
    KJ Hughes b Bedi 17 22 21 1 1
    AL Mann b Bedi 0 1 2 0 0
    +SJ Rixon lbw b Chandrasekhar 17 70 68 1 0
    WM Clark c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar 0 1 2 0 0
    JR Thomson not out 1 21 10 0 0
    JB Gannon c Amarnath b Prasanna 0 5 6 0 0
    Extras (lb 5, nb 2) 7
    Total (all out, 49.4 overs) 131

    FoW: 1-29 (Cosier), 2-34 (Toohey), 3-46 (Serjeant), 4-61 (Dyson),
    5-84 (Hughes), 6-84 (Mann), 7-125 (Simpson), 8-125 (Clark),
    9-130 (Rixon), 10-131 (Gannon).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ghavri 7 1 25 0
    Amarnath 7 4 6 1
    Bedi 13 3 49 3
    Chandrasekhar 15 3 30 4
    Prasanna 7.4 2 14 1

    India 1st innings R M B 4 6
    SM Gavaskar c Rixon b Thomson 49 144 110 5 0
    CPS Chauhan c Mann b Clark 42 170 124 6 0
    M Amarnath c Gannon b Clark 9 40 37 1 0
    GR Viswanath b Thomson 79 202 182 6 0
    DB Vengsarkar c Rixon b Cosier 48 208 121 2 0
    AV Mankad b Thomson 16 22 23 2 0
    +SMH Kirmani b Cosier 42 95 61 3 0
    KD Ghavri c Serjeant b Thomson 64 142 123 5 0
    EAS Prasanna not out 25 56 44 4 0
    *BS Bedi not out 1 1 1 0 0
    Extras (lb 9, nb 12) 21
    Total (8 wickets declared, 101 overs) 396

    DNB: BS Chandrasekhar.

    FoW: 1-97 (Gavaskar), 2-102 (Chauhan), 3-116 (Amarnath),
    4-241 (Viswanath), 5-261 (Mankad), 6-263 (Vengsarkar),
    7-344 (Kirmani), 8-395 (Ghavri).

    Bowling O M R W
    Thomson 27 8 83 4
    Clark 21 3 66 2
    Gannon 20 4 65 0
    Mann 20 0 101 0
    Simpson 4 0 34 0
    Cosier 9 1 26 2

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    J Dyson c & b Chandrasekhar 6 67 51 1 0
    GJ Cosier b Bedi 68 193 164 9 0
    KJ Hughes c Vengsarkar b Bedi 19 94 81 2 0
    CS Serjeant b Prasanna 1 3 6 0 0
    *RB Simpson lbw b Prasanna 33 131 126 2 0
    PM Toohey c sub (S Madan Lal) b Ghavri 85 231 258 9 0
    AL Mann c & b Prasanna 0 1 2 0 0
    +SJ Rixon c Viswanath b Chandrasekhar 11 22 27 1 0
    WM Clark b Prasanna 10 33 23 2 0
    JR Thomson b Ghavri 16 72 55 2 0
    JB Gannon not out 0 4 0 0 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 6, nb 3) 14
    Total (all out, 98.7 overs) 263

    FoW: 1-26 (Dyson), 2-87 (Hughes), 3-88 (Serjeant),
    4-106 (Cosier), 5-171 (Simpson), 6-171 (Mann),
    7-194 (Rixon), 8-221 (Clark), 9-257 (Toohey),
    10-263 (Thomson).

    Bowling O M R W
    Ghavri 12.7 3 42 2
    Amarnath 5 3 9 0
    Bedi 28 8 62 2
    Chandrasekhar 24 3 85 2
    Prasanna 29 11 51 4
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